British retailer Currys has slashed the price of the Advent Vega Tegra Note 7 to just £129. This is a hefty £50 price cut, but it gets better.

For a limited time an additional 10-percent discount is available, making the end price just £117, reports CNET UK. This pretty good for a 7-inch tablet powered by one of the fastest SoCs around.

To keep the price low Nvidia had to cut a few corners, so the Note 7 features a 1280x800 screen and just 1GB of RAM. However, at £117 or £129 it is nothing short of a bargain and it is probably the cheapest serious tablet with a stylus.

When Nvidia announced its first tablet, the Tegra Note 7, it said it would be sold through its AIB partners, so for example if you wanted one you could get one from Zotac in Belgium, or an EVGA branded one in Kansas.

EVGA and PCY were supposed to handle the North American market, Zotac and Oysters were supposed to take care of Europe and Russia, Colorful, Gigabyte, Shenzen Homecare Technology and Zotac were the partners of choice in the Asia Pacific region, while Xolo would sell the tablet in India.

There was no mention of letting retailers sell the tablet under their own brand, although we speculated this was a possibility.

Currys and PC World have now joined the club. They will sell the tablet in Britain under their own brand, as the Advent Vega Tegra Note 7. It will be available in stores and online from 15 November, preorders will be available tomorrow.

The price stands at £179, as expected. It makes us wonder whether we’ll see more deals with other big brand retailers in Europe and in other markets.